I would trade a cow for these magic beans. Seriously. “Coffee Joulies” are a new invention that are stainless steel “beans” that keep your coffee at the perfect temperature for several hours. Hours. [More]
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Color-Coded Plastic Ties Tell You Day Your Bread Was Baked
By 2.28.11
Turns out that the plastic tags and twists on loafs of bread aren’t just for looking pretty, they are coded to indicate what day the bread was baked on, writes Wise Bread. The most commonly-used code for 5-day a week delivery is is blue for Monday, green for Tuesday, red for Thursday, white for Friday, and yellow for Saturday. It’s a nifty “and now you know” factoid, though it probably won’t save you from getting a stale loaf, because the shelf stockers for whom the code was designed are already doing that for you. [More]
Dawn Is Best For Washing Oily Birds — But Don't Use It For Pets
By 5.14.10
It’s true that a scrub with Dawn dishwashing detergent is the method of choice for removing oil from various wildlife — but you really shouldn’t use it on your pets, says a Procter & Gamble spokesperson. [More]
Bicycle Blender Smoothie Cart Gives $1 Discount If You Pedal Yourself
By 5.10.10
A new smoothie cart across from the Museum of Natural History in New York City will be powered by bicycles, says the NY Post. If you pedal the blender yourself you can get $1 off. [More]
Reporter Actually Measures Noodles In Campbell's Soup
By 11.6.09
32′ of noodles is about 10 yards, so a reporter from KING5 in Seattle decided to lay them out, end by end, starting at the 10 yard line of a fooball field, to see if he could score a noodley touchdown. We applaud this effort.
Inside A Netflix Shipping Center
By 7.23.09
HackingNetflix was invited to tour a Netflix shipping center where 50 employees process as many as 90,000 discs a day. Pretty cool.
Pizzeria Employees Wear T-Shirts With Quotes From Nasty Yelp Reviews
By 3.4.09
Here’s a little bit of brilliance — a pizzeria in San Francisco has taken quotes from nasty 1 star reviews on Yelp! and make them into t-shirts for their employees to wear. We love this.
More Cool DIY Wallets
By 4.30.07
We just love these DIY wallets. They’re so fun. Here’s a NES Controller Wallet and a Cassette Tape Wallet. and don’t forget The Three Card Monte Origami Wallet.
Google Maps Has Real Time Traffic For 30 Major Cities
By 3.1.07
Holy crap, this is awesome. Oh wait, we don’t use our car anymore because we moved to Brooklyn. For the rest of you: Holy crap! This is awesome: Google Maps has real time traffic! Now the endless line of cars shining brightly to the horizon can be expressed in pretty, yet oddly depressing, colors via Google Maps. Bliss. —MEGHANN MARCO
Find the Owner's Manual For Your Ancient Apple Product
By 2.12.07
Bulletin Boards came into being back in 1978 as a way for local computer club members to exchange messages with each other and to share programs by phone. Today there are over 300 computerized bulletin boards in the United States, and you don’t have to belong to a computer club to use one.”
Wow, really? Hey look, someone just typed letters so that it looks like a naked person!—MEGHANN MARCO
Ikea Hacker Is Nifty
By 2.8.07
Everyone likes IKEA, but some people go the extra mile—messing with IKEA stuff to create even better stuff.
Free Wall Street Journal Today
By 1.2.07
The WSJ has been redesigned and is being offered free at newsstands today. The on-line edition, normally subscription based, is also free. Free, free, free. —MEGHANN MARCO
Kill-A-Watt: Learn Which Appliances Are Costing You
By 12.6.06
J.D. at Get Rich Slowly has a review of a nifty little device that tells you how much electricity appliances draw. You can use it to calculate how much money you’d save by turning things off/unplugging them. Cool!
